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And this would be entirely convincing, were we living in 'normal' times in the first place. But the whole point that Haidt's article is drawing from is that the

And this would be entirely convincing, were we living in 'normal' times in the first place. But the whole point that Haidt's article is drawing from is that the level of political factionalization nation-wide is quite unprecedented, at least in recent memory. For freak's sake, Donald Trump is POTUS in case you haven't noticed! Something that The Simpsons used to joke about as obviously crazy and ludicrous! People like to talk about the toxic tendencies on the left (the so-called "SJW's"), but that's hardly the one and only sort of craziness we're experiencing nowadays.

kryogen1c 8y ago
> And this would be entirely convincing, were we living in 'normal' times in the first place. To further debunk the "business as usual" argument, take a look a TESC enrollment numbers since the controversy from their own website: https://www.evergreen.edu/sites/default/files/Admission%20HX%2082-18.pdf https://www.evergreen.edu/sites/default/files/Admission%20HX... I dont know if "freefall" is exactly accurate, but theyre down like 40% from 2017 to 2018